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Karen Larsdatter

Saw these upcoming titles, thought some folks here might like to find out about 'em ... ⋅ Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia ⋅ Weapons of Warre: The Armaments of the Mary Rose ⋅ The Art of Power: Royal Armour and Portraits of Imperial Spain - this is the boo...

Karen Larsdatter

Already a thread here reviewing The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England, actually

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=121796

The author's got another book coming out next week -- Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies.

Karen Larsdatter

Marco-borromei wrote:Thank you, these will be interesting tests of my rather poor Italian.

The poverty of your Italian fellow notwithstanding ...

http://www.medievalcookery.com/helewyse/libro.html

The Martino da Como cookbook has a translation in print - http://amzn.to/9N3EpJ

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/tx/an-tosc.htm
http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/tx/martino2.htm

There's also The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi: L'arte et prudenza d'un maestro Cuoco, but it's not entirely online. Google Books has a preview of it, online at http://books.google.com/books?id=GrvhZvK5pCgC&pg=PP1

Karen Larsdatter

JoJo Zerach wrote:What about football with a bladder ball?

There are medieval ballgames -- see http://larsdatter.com/games-ball.htm -- but a "bladder ball" would be way too fragile for a football-like game. (They had leather balls, though -- see http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image.php?id=65709 for a post-medieval tennis ball.)

For a description of football-like games, see http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=908

Karen Larsdatter

SCA-wise? I'd already been doing 18th century for about seven years by the time I started doing SCA. I dragged my 18th century stays and shift back to school, bought some cheapish cotton (spending money was quite minimal, and it wasn't like expensive fabric was going to be THAT much more authentic, ...

Karen Larsdatter

http://larsdatter.com/games.htm

Also:
http://www.waks.org/game-hist
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... t&catid=22

Karen Larsdatter

When I painted this chest, IIRC, I put on a layer of white paint, and then sketched the design on paper -- and then traced the outlines onto the (dry) white paint, so I at least got some guidelines of what needed to go where.

Karen Larsdatter

Is that the date of the knights death or is that the date his effigy was made, sometimes there is a large difference in those dates. This, most thisly. The artist working on the original effigy is not working from a photograph of the deceased, and may be working well after the fact. (Plus, this is ...

Karen Larsdatter

My behind-the-scenes notes* on that page say "bayeux tapestry dining scene; monk miniature; Freiburg mazers" -- the first two of which are indeed among the links at m but I am not entirely sure what I meant by "Freiburg mazers." The deriviation, IIRC, is Old English mÃ¦ser and Ol...

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Englis ... t&id=37448

http://potweb.ashmolean.org/PotChron2.html

Karen Larsdatter

Take a look at m for information on turnshoes -- m or m may also help you. I can't think of any 13th century shoes that definitely had buckles, but I'm not sure that's really a matter of "not allowed" so much as "I just can't think of any that were definitely 13th century and had buck...

Karen Larsdatter

I'm looking for ones that show the crossbow range (in the sense of "shooting gallery") and thereby give a sense of the range (distance) at which competition and/or practice was undertaken. E.g. the Hausbuch image or the Schilling image you kindly leld me to. But I don't see any others on ...

Karen Larsdatter

Yes, that's the Hausbuch I meant. I had also seen the list you linked to but didn't see other images of what I'm looking for-- which are they? Sorry if I'm being dense. No, I think I'm denser. So, pardon my density, but what's your question? (Do you want the sources for the images above? They're al...

Karen Larsdatter

Several SCA-period recipes call for rosewater -- some cookbooks with multiple recipes calling for rosewater include An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century , Libre del Coch , A Book of Cookrye , Delightes for Ladies (which even includes recipes for making rosewater ), The Good Housewife...

Karen Larsdatter

I'd also welcome notices of other illuminations of the subject. m Several examples in there. (I think the Hausbuch one you mean is the Wolfegg Housebook . I'm trying to get better about my references to housebooks, since there's a big difference between the Wolfegg Housebook and the Mendel & La...

Karen Larsdatter

Along those lines, you'll find more images of medieval saddlers at m -- but I don't think any of them show saddle racks (though there are images of saddles at interesting stages of construction, and a few other wall-hanging saddle displays too). Is there anything useful (or relevant) in The Medieval...

Karen Larsdatter

RenJunkie wrote:How do you type the "Ãž"? I had to cut and paste it from yours...lol

Christopher

Upper-case thorn (Ãž) = hold down Alt key and type 0222
Lower-case thorn (Ã¾) = hold down Alt key and type 0254

Also, for what it's worth:
Upper-case eth (Ã

Karen Larsdatter

These images seem to portray a basic, non-fitted tunic. So the smock is like a longer version of a man's shirt? For a large part of 15th century northern Europe, yep. Also, would 2 yards of 59" wide linen be enough? Depends on the size of the lady in question, and how long you want to make it....

Karen Larsdatter

Amalric von Regensburg wrote:Any tips, suggestions, reference, pics, etc., are greatly appreciated.

http://larsdatter.com/smocks.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Lastly, what are some good soft kit books/websites? I don't want to perpetually be begging people to do my research for me. ⋅ Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500 ⋅ Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340-1365 ⋅ Tex...

Karen Larsdatter

Sarah Thursfield has posted a page of updates and revisions for The Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500.

Karen Larsdatter

Sarah Thursfield has posted a page of updates and revisions for The Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500.

Karen Larsdatter

Lots of Atlantia people on here. Where ever you are, we can probably find someone to help you get your feet on the ground.

Karen Larsdatter

I saw (here in the AA and missed to reference) a knightly effigy of the 12th or 13th century that displayed a nice little drawstring pouch hanging from the belt of a fully armored knight. Dunno if either of these are like the effigy you saw: m (the man on the right) m These are both the rectangular...

Karen Larsdatter

Any particular style? There are circular pouches, shaped pouches, rectangular pouches (very simple -- cut rectangle, fold in half, sew two seams, put drawstring in top) ... m may be a good place to start looking. In terms of a larger bag (that would carry a cup, cellphone, and cash), you may want to...

Karen Larsdatter

BBC did a new series a couple of years ago -- Surviving The Iron Age, which was filmed at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort.

Karen Larsdatter

Since the Facebook page isn't letting people post photos, I've set up a Flickr group, too; so if you'd like to share pictures of stuff you've made based on (or inspired by) the larsdatter.com linkspages, you can add them to the Group Pool at http://www.flickr.com/groups/linkspages/

Karen Larsdatter

I'd definitely go with the four saints in the arched panels, then. You can find images in a lot of different medieval manuscripts, as well as medieval altarpieces or stained glass. (You might find the stained glass easier to copy and miniaturize.) For the quatrefoils, use whatever heraldry identifie...

Karen Larsdatter

I just don't know what to paint in the main section of the archways or the quatrefoils above them. Well ... is this for personal use, or for the use of your group? What sort of message do you want the decorations to convey? (Love scenes? scenes of warriors, or perhaps warrior-saints? do you have a ...

Karen Larsdatter

Norman wrote:Finaly - there is a Japanese scroll of the Mongol invasion (I think it is apropriately called "The Invasion scroll")
I believe the earliest version is directly from the time of the invasion and I have seen it online.

http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/

Karen Larsdatter

Have you considered going with milk paint for this?

Karen Larsdatter

Anyone know of anything else? Yep. A whole bunch at the BNF. I'm not sure a direct link is going to get you there, so I'll tell you how I get to the page; do a Google search for the following phrase, and the page you want is (at least right now) the top result. site:mandragore.bnf.fr mongol You may...

Karen Larsdatter

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:I still want to make a casket big enough for a box of KFC chicken.

Sadly, the Bimaran casket would be barely big enough for a single serving ...

Karen Larsdatter

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:I've seen this, or others very similar, where is it? I might have other views of it.

http://www.flg.es/ficha.asp?ID=8010

Several more like it at http://www.larsdatter.com/boxes-metal.htm of course

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